Politihøgskolen

What Politihøgskolen does

Politihøgskolen (The Norwegian Police University College, PHS) is a Norwegian government higher education institution operating as the sole statutory provider of police education and training in Norway. It delivers a three-year Bachelor i politiutdanning that qualifies graduates directly for careers in the Norwegian Police Service, alongside an expanding portfolio of master programmes, postgraduate continuing education, and specialised training (including investigation, crisis and hostage negotiation, digital forensics, drone operations, and border control). The institution also produces applied and academic research through dedicated research groups and publishes the Nordic Journal of Studies in Policing (NJSP). It operates from five campuses in Oslo (headquarters), Bodø, Stavern, Kongsvinger, and Alta, and is recognised internationally, notably hosting Frontex-certified border control training at Kongsvinger and serving on the ERC European Working Group on Policing.

The underlying technology stack is conventional for a Norwegian higher education institution: Canvas (LMS), Studentweb (FS student administration), Inspera (digital examinations), Feide (identity/authentication), SharePoint-based Studentportalen (intranet), PureService, Mediasite (video), TimeEdit (scheduling), and DAFI (competence registry). Beyond standard academic systems, the institution has developed proprietary pedagogical artefacts including the NCFI (Nordic Computer Forensic Investigators) programme, a 70-page Observasjonsmanual for drone operations, the Tilbakemeldingsmodell feedback framework, and a nationally adopted guide for interviewing suspected children and vulnerable adults co-developed with Kripos.

Politihøgskolen is funded primarily through direct state budget allocations as a public university college. Core bachelor education is fully government-funded. A growing secondary revenue stream comes from continuing education fees for external participants, including a recently launched anti-fraud and anti-money laundering course (November 2025) targeting the private sector. Customer segments include (1) serving police officers and police leadership across all 12 Norwegian police districts, (2) prospective police education students recruited through Samordna Opptak, and (3) external professionals, particularly from the financial sector, seeking investigative and compliance competencies. The institution is governed by its own board as the highest body and is not subject to PE/VC investment or M&A activity.

Name

Politihøgskolen

Legal name

Politihøgskolen

Website

https://politihogskolen.no

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Politihøgskolen is Norway's sole statutory provider of police education and training, delivering bachelor, master, and continuing education programmes across five campuses to serving officers, prospective police students, and select private-sector professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Police Education and Training

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Police Protection (92212)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Law Enforcement & Police Academy Training (EDAOAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA), Safety Compliance, Audits & Risk Assessments (Security Assessments, CPTED) (EDAEACAN), Security Sector Governance & Police Reform (BPADAGAI)

Keywords

• Police education
• Law enforcement training
• Police science research
• Continuing professional development
• Criminal investigation courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Funding (Utdanningsfinansiering): As a public university college under the Norwegian government, Politihøgskolen is primarily funded through state budget allocations for educating Norwegian police officers. The bachelor police education is fully funded by the government.
2. Continuing Education Fees: Fee-based programmes for external participants not funded by police employer, including the new one-year investigation course (årsstudium i etterforskning) and specialised courses open to private sector employees (e.g., fraud and anti-money laundering course launched November 2025).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Politihøgskolen (The Norwegian Police University College) is Norway's central educational institution for the police service, delivering accredited police education including a three-year Bachelor in Police Education, a new full-time Master in Police Science, and continuing education for serving officers. It operates across five Norwegian campuses (Oslo, Bodø, Stavern, Kongsvinger, Alta) and conducts applied research in police science, digital forensics, drone operations, crisis negotiation, and crime prevention. The institution is statutorily mandated as the sole educator of Norwegian police officers.

Product overview

Politihøgskolen (Norwegian Police University College) is Norway's sole educator of police officers, offering police education, research, and professional development. The institution provides a comprehensive suite of digital tools for students, including Canvas (LMS), Studentweb (student administration), Inspera (examinations), and Studentportalen (intranet via SharePoint). The library provides access to academic databases and the Oria catalogue. These systems are used for delivering police education programs, managing student records, conducting exams, and supporting research activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bachelor i politiutdanning (Bachelor in Police Education)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly all graduates from the 2025 police education cohort secured employment in the Norwegian police force.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and strategic.

• Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 April 2026Project 'Sorting out Rape: How Police Infrastructures and Practices shape the Investigation of Reported Rape' awarded 8.7 million NOK from Norges Forskningsråd. Led by UiO with Politihøgskolen, OsloMet, and police practice as partners. The project examines how police infrastructures and practices shape rape investigations.
• OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 April 2026Co-partner with Politihøgskolen in the 8.7 million NOK research project on rape investigation led by UiO. OsloMet contributes interdisciplinary expertise to examine how police practices shape investigation outcomes.
• TRUST - The Norwegian Centre for Trustworthy AIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2025Politihøgskolen is a partner in TRUST (The Norwegian Centre for Trustworthy AI), one of six centres funded through the Norwegian government's large-scale investment in artificial intelligence known as the 'KI-milliarden' (AI billion). The centre is co-funded by the Research Council of Norway and is led by Arnoldo Frigessi. PHS contributes research expertise on AI in policing contexts.
• Amy Grubb (International Researcher)minorOthers · 10 June 2025Internationally recognised researcher on crisis and hostage negotiation visited Politihøgskolen. She praised PHS's crisis and hostage negotiation training (KGF - Krise- og gisselforhandlingsutdanning) as 'the golden standard'. Grubb collaborates with PHS researchers on advancing training methodologies.
• Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge (USN)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Politihøgskolen and USN signed an agreement for joint study programmes and research collaboration in the fight against economic crime. The agreement covers both new educational offerings and R&D cooperation.
• European Working Group on Policing (ERC)strategicOthers · 1 January 2025Jenny Maria Lundgaard serves as liaison for the European Research Council's European Working Group on Policing. This positions Politihøgskolen as a key academic contributor to pan-European policing research networks.
• Frontex (European Border and Coast Guard Agency)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 September 2024Politihøgskolen's campus in Kongsvinger (Politiets Utdanningssenter) hosted 150 European border control officers and 15 instructors from across Europe for three weeks of operational training and certification tests for Frontex. The training covered border control competencies as part of Frontex's European integration efforts.
• Kripos (National Criminal Investigation Service)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2024Three experts from Politihøgskolen collaborated with Kripos to develop a national guide (veileder) for interviewing suspected children and vulnerable adults. The guide aims to strengthen legal certainty, ensure consistent practice nationwide, and provide investigators with a concrete, research-based tool.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Politieacademie (Police Academy of the Netherlands): The Dutch national police academy providing initial training, continuing education, and applied research for Dutch police. Comparable as a single dedicated national police education institution with research function.
• Danish National Police (Rigspolitiet) - Police Education: Denmark's centralised police authority, which runs police education through its own training programmes and partnerships. Directly comparable Nordic police education provider with similar statutory remit.
• Norwegian Correctional Service University College (KRUS): Norway's university college responsible for educating and training prison officers and correctional staff. Closest domestic peer — sister public-sector institution delivering specialised higher-education for a justice-sector agency with similar operating model.
• Norwegian Defence University College (Forsvarets høgskole): Norwegian institution providing higher education, research, and development for the Norwegian Armed Forces. Closely analogous as a domestic public-sector university college educating uniformed-service professionals with applied research mandate.
• Finnish Police University College (Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu): Finland's national police education institution, providing degree programmes, specialist training, and applied research for the Finnish police. Closest Nordic peer in mandate, scale, and operating model to Politihøgskolen.
• College of Policing: The UK professional body for policing, providing education, training, and research for police forces in England and Wales. Highly comparable as a national police education, research, and standards-setting institution serving a single country's police service.

Others

• Europol - European Cybercrime Centre (EC3): EU agency supporting member states in combating cybercrime through intelligence, training, and capacity building. Adjacent to Politihøgskolen's Nordic Computer Forensic Investigators and digital policing research activities.
• Interpol Global Academy Network / INTERPOL Capacity Building: International policing organisation providing training, capacity-building, and standards frameworks to police worldwide. Thematically related to Politihøgskolen's international training role but operates as a coordinator rather than direct education provider.

Broad incumbents

• Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC): US federal interagency law enforcement training organisation, providing centralised training for numerous federal agencies. Larger and broader in scope than Politihøgskolen but comparable as a dedicated national law enforcement training infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Australian Federal Police College: National training facility for the Australian Federal Police, providing initial and continuing police education. Comparable mandate to Politihøgskolen but smaller in scope relative to the country's police training ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/politihogskolen
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/politihogskolen
• Facebookfacebook.com/politihogskolen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/politih-gskolen

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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